+72 WORDS IN MAYAN AND THEIR MEANING IN SPANISH - CULTURE VOCABULARY

The words in Mayan are those lexicons that come from the Yucatec Mayan language. It is an Amerindian language that derives from the Mayan trunk and is spoken in some states of Mexico located in the peninsula, such as Campeche, Yucatán and Quintana Roo. Traces of this language have also been found in some localities in Guatemala.

Although it is currently known as the Mayan language, linguists prefer to use the term “Yucatec Mayan”, in order to distinguish this language from the rest of the Mayan languages. According to the Mayan Alfredo Barrera Vásquez in his Maya-Spanish Dictionary, the Yucatec Mayan language is one of the oldest languages in America.

The Mayan language is the second most widely spoken indigenous language in Mexico. Source: pixabay.com

It receives its name from the protomaya trunk, which in turn belongs to another family trunk known as the Totonac, which comes from an Asian linguistic family. Likewise, glotochronologists managed to conclude that the Protomayan was established for the first time in America in the Guatemalan highlands, in the Sierra de Cuchumatanes, in 2600 BC. C.

After that initial point, the Proto-Maya began to diversify and was completely shed in 1600 BC. This means that, after the arrival of the language to the Cucumatans, a fraction of its speakers moved to emigrate to the territories located in the north and reached the Yucatan peninsula.

According to INEGI records, there are currently 800 291 Mayan speakers, which makes this language the second most widely spoken indigenous language in Mexico after Nahuatl. In Guatemala the number of Mayan speakers is lower: only about 700 people have been registered who speak this language.

The Mayan language is used in the aforementioned regions and is also taught in classrooms, particularly in Campeche and Yucatán, where there are academies dedicated only to its dissemination and understanding. In 2003 the Law of Linguistic Rights was created, which established that Yucatec Mayan is part of the Mexican national languages.

Since the arrival of the Spanish to the American territories, the Mayan language began to be written with Latin characters. However, during the pre-Hispanic period the Mayans used a system of ideograms to write. In 1984, an alphabet was developed that is officially recognized and is used in the texts distributed by the Mexican state.

List of common words in Maya

Below is a list of some words used in the Yucatec Mayan language, along with their translation into Spanish:

Ajal

This word is translated as "awakening."

Abal

This word is used by Mayan speakers to designate the plum or the plum.

Hallo

This lexicon means “trust”, but it can also be used as a verb: “trust”.

Analpolkuuts

It can be translated as “cancerillo”. It consists of a medicinal plant that is used to heal infected sores or wounds, as well as certain venereal diseases.

Awat

This word is a verb from the Yucatan Mayan and is translated as "calling out" or "shouting pitifully."

Awat Che'ej

It can be translated as "laughter".

Áakat

This word is used to designate a dish that is prepared with adobo and cooked in an underground oven. It is similar to a stew.

Áak

This word has many uses. It can be translated as "fresh", "green" or "tender", but it is also used to designate something that is wet.

Aak'ab ts'unu'un

It is a very exact construction. It translates as: "large night butterfly with short wings that resembles a hummingbird."

Áak'alche '

It is used to designate the lagoons or swamps that are surrounded by trees.

Áak sa '

It consists of a dish similar to atole prepared with ripe corn, known in the regional sphere as "new atole".

Áanikaab

It can be translated as a thin vine that is used to make baskets or other woven objects.

Aynt '

This word is used to designate crocodiles, alligators or lizards.

A'aal

It is a verb that means to tell, command or say.

A 'aK'

It means last night, the night before.

A'al K'eban

It means "confess."

Babal

It can be translated as "wallow."

Baj k'u'uk'che '

It is a word that is used to designate the action of suppressing the suckers of the crop in a field that has been previously cleared.

Bajun or Bajux

Both versions can be used to ask "how much?"

Bakal boob

It is a tree of hard and precious wood, familiar to the Rubiaceae.

Bakche '

Instrument used to remove the cob from its leaves.

Baak '

This word is used to designate the verbs "embrace" and "grasp", but it can also mean "entangle" and "around."

Baal

It can have two meanings: in the first case, it is used to designate the verbs to hide, conceal, hide; in the second it refers to the brother-in-law with respect to the man.

Baalam Kaan

Word used to name a poisonous snake that remains hidden among the trees and is small in size.

Báalche '

It is a term that is used to designate a ceremonial liquor; It is also used to name the tree from whose bark this liquor is extracted.

bix a k'aaba '

What is your name?.

Chab

In Spanish it is translated as "anteater".

Chacha waay

It is a hemispherical mushroom that has a strong red color and has a series of mesh-like perforations on its surface.

Chak bola'ay

It translates as jaguar.

Chakpak'e'en

It is a state of the ears of corn, where white or reddish hair begins to sprout.

Chak wayaj kaab

It consists of a reddish ant that stings very hard and is the enemy of European bees.

Chaltún Ha

Slab water. It is a pyramid of the Mayan civilization located in Izamal.

Chaajal

It can be translated as "tickling" or as "tickling"; the same term is used for both the verb and the noun.

Che '

Term to define tree.

Che'el

It refers to the rainbow.

Chokoh

It refers to something that is hot.

Ch'och ha

Saltwater.

Ejen

It is a particle of acceptance, so it can be translated as "agree", "agree" or "okay".

Elel

This word can be translated in several ways; However, all of these are related: “burn”, “burn”, “burn”, “ignite”, “burn” or “fire”.

Eek 'abal

It is a variety of the plum that turns purple when it reaches maturity.

Éek 'u Neil

It is a snake that can reach great size. The natives consider her the queen of snakes and assure her that she is a cannibal.

Éemel

It is a verb that can be translated as "lower", "descend", "decrease" or "decline".

Ka'an

It means heaven.

LiK '

It means air.

Maam

It is an expression of respect that is used to refer to women who have come of age.

Maanal

It is used to ensure that something was exceeded the quantity or the measure. Also to indicate that it was excessive or too much.

may

Word used to designate people or subjects.

Maan

It has two possible meanings. The first is translated as "pass", "walk" or "cross from one side to the other"; in the second it is used to designate the verbs "to cease", "to calm" or "to finish".

Ment '

It is translated as "elaborate", "create", "do" or "form".

Me'ex

Word that designates a man's mustache or beard, although it is also used to name the hairs that some animals have on their jaw.

Naʼatik

It means understanding.

Ooxol

Term to define heat.

Sabak che '

Tree used to make writing ink.

Sajak

It is used to designate being afraid and being surly, fearful or fearful.

Sakab

It is a drink that is made from the dough of corn and is ingested during agricultural rituals.

Sakal

It can mean a loom, but also a woven thing or a cloth of any kind.

Sapat '

It means "tasteless", "tasteless" or "tasteless."

Sayab

It means "spring" or "water eye".

Saas

Crystalline objects that, according to the natives, contain divinatory properties. They are used by Mayan healers and fortune tellers.

Saats

It is a verb that is translated as "lengthen", "extend" or "stretch".

Yep che '

It is a shrub that has leaves widely used by healers to cross sick people.

Tab

It refers to cheating or entrapment.

Taj

Verb that is translated as "split", "open", "split" or "split".

Tak jo'ol

It is a complaint or accusation. It can also be translated as giving a complaint or grievance against someone; Report, accuse, sue or complain.

Tak t'aan

Word that is used to designate the gossip or the weeds; also to the act of gossiping.

Taman

It can be translated as "sheep" and "ram", although it is also used to designate cotton plants and their fruit.

Taak'in

Word that designates money.

Ta'amay

It is a tree that grows very straight, so its wood is used to build houses.

Tea'

It is an adverb of place, so it can mean "there", "there" or "towards".

Took

Verb that is translated as "snatch", "strip", "take" or "take away."

Top '

It refers to blossoming, sprouting, or the birth of the birds when they hatch from the egg.

To'on

Pronoun that means "we".

Tunkuruchu

It is a Mayan word that means "owl".

Tuup

It means "to erase the writing" or "to go out like the candle or the fire".

Tz'onot

Cenote

Wakak

It is translated as “cattle”, but it can also be used to designate the bull, the cow or the beef.

Wat

It means to break with your hands or to break.

Wawak'ki

Word used to designate a beautiful and well-formed girl.

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